Buonasera a tutti! It's almost 2am here and I am wide awake. Of course Bill is sleeping like a baby, damn him! We arrived early this morning and thank god made it to the hotel without incident. I was feeling very nervous and intimidated about speaking italian and creating a relationship with the city that I'm supposed to be making my home...duh duh duuuuuuhhhhh. But now that I am here, I'm feeling pretty good about it.
My first impression of Milan is that it's a little bit strange. The buildings are all at crazy angles and it's very flat so there isn't a lot of visible depth to the city. The streets all turn every which way, which I suppose is standard fare for Europe...not that I would know much about that at this point.
It was very foggy today, the first foggy day in a while apparently. A change in the weather always seems to change the mood of a city, so it was interesting to arrive in the midst of that. Additionally I found out today that Monday is the day that everything is closed here. So, when we were walking around the city, there were gates pulled down over everything. It was a fairly bizarre introduction, but I like it nonetheless.
Bill and I went to the school to meet with a housing consultant. I actually may have found an apartment already. I will be going to see it tomorrow evening. The owner's name is Signora Tosca (she sounds a bit older on the phone). The plan right now is to stay there for two months and move again in January when the housing market opens up a little bit. Marie, the housing consultant who speaks italian with a french accent, and says alors and ma side by side, told me that because there are ten universities in Milan (yes ten--in a city of a million people!), November is a terrible time to look for an apartment.
Alors, this is the update for the time being. I can only imagine how much more I will be writing in the coming months...so keep paying attention and you'll hear all about it.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment